IPL 8: Batsmen trying very hard, but its not coming off, says Bangar

Mohali: With Kings XI Punjab losing seven out of their nine matches, coach Sanjay Bangar has said batting failure and inability to chase down moderate totals has resulted in the team languishing at the bottom of the IPL points table.

Going down to Mumbai Indians by 23 runs in Sunday's game, the George Bailey-led side remained with just 2 wins in the competition so far and Bangar blamed the batting for the team's poor show.

"It's just that batsmen are really trying very hard, but its not coming off. Because of that we are not able to chase down the scores which we generally have the capacity to chase down. So, I think that's probably one of the reasons," Bangar said in the post-match conference.

Chasing 173 for a win, Kings XI could only muster 149 for seven in 20 overs and Bangar opined the batsmen failed to hit the desired boundaries.

Commenting on the strategy for the upcoming matches, he said, "We will try to play an aggressive game, which has been our strength. Once we click, I am hopeful we will be able to put up a big score or chase down any target."

On the question of tampering with the playing XI far too often, Bangar blamed it on circumstances.

"Manan (Vohra) was indisposed, he was hospitalised because of dehydration and was on drips, that was a big letdown for us. We are hoping that he would be available for us in the upcoming games. Apart from that we brought Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Johnson..if you see most teams have ended up using nearly 18 players and we have not been any different,” coach added.